Michigan

Colletto's strength is in teaching

According to the coach Jim Colletto began under, the Lions new offensive coordinator is a standout when it comes to getting his message across. Jagdip Dhillon, of The Record in Stockton, Calif., wrote about Colletto, who was the offensive line coach on Chester Caddas' staff at the school from 1972-1974. He had nothing but praise for Colletto. (As an aside, Mike Martz also coached at Pacific for a couple of years: 1980-1981.)

The Record, January 30: Caddas, who now lives in Kentucky, said he talks to Colletto on a regular basis and called him "one of the better offensive line coaches I've ever been exposed to." Caddas coached under Colletto when his protege became the head coach at Purdue.

"You run into lots of people and some of them were special. Jim was one of those," Caddas said. "Jim is a very, very good teacher. A lot of us know an awful lot about football, but that's not important if you can't get it across to the players."